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Diary from the South Coast
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Hello All
Just posting my current totals below as come Friday I will make payments to all of these debts. I want to keep a record in my Diary of where I am so when i change my Signature on Friday, I will still have a record to look back on how far I have come.
LBM 01/02/14 Current "Problems" as follows:
Credit Card 1 WAS £3900 NOW£1998. Credit Card 2 WAS £3900 NOW £3400. Credit Card 3.WAS £4100 NOW £2844. Credit Card 4. WAS £4100 NOW £3880. Loan 1 WAS 11819 NOW £10637
PayDebtOffByChristmas2014 #174 DEBT AT START £27890
DEBT TODAY = £22759 18.4 % PAID OFF!(Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:
C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
Secured Loan WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000
DEBT TODAY = £6,000 (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)0 -
A payment made to each Credit card today. :j
Been a long month with few payments but starting to believe I can clear this debt now. This is not easy but I am going to do this, get rid of this debt and change my life.
Broken the 20 % Paid mark so my Debt journey is well and truly up and running!(Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:
C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
Secured Loan WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000
DEBT TODAY = £6,000 (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)0 -
Another weekend and the weather shows it!
No payments to update but doing well this wknd with not spending.
Have a good wknd all :beer:(Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:
C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
Secured Loan WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000
DEBT TODAY = £6,000 (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)0 -
Well It all started with such joy the other Month when I started this debt path. Had a bad day or two thinking I will never get there but reading peoples Blogs, a common thought.
So i press on, looking at my spreadsheet and hoping not only does Santa empty his sack on Christmas day, I will have no debt too!(Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:
C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
Secured Loan WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000
DEBT TODAY = £6,000 (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)0 -
You're more than a fifth of the way there. Amazing progress.Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.0
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So here we go, another Bank Holiday!
Last year I would be out every night blowing hundreds over a weekend on a Credit Card. Sure it was one hell of a Party but its over in hrs but the debt is there for years.
So I am watching Eastenders and having a cheap Bank Holiday.
I hope you are all good and have a good Bank Holiday but lets keep the Credit Cards firmly away!
All the best from The Captain on the South Coast.
:T(Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:
C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
Secured Loan WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000
DEBT TODAY = £6,000 (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)0 -
At least you won't waken up hungover.Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.0
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Enjoy your time offI am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Well, its starting to bit hard this debt reducing larkus. As you may have guessed I am having a down day.
I seem to worry more about it then when i just blew money and got further into debt! How on earth does that figure??
Bank Holiday but it feels like a " No Holiday" ! Not sure why I am down but it aint good!
Hope everybody else is doing ok. Looking at my spreadsheet I think I can clear all Credit cards and a huge wack off the Loan. So its head down and march on.....................(Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:
C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
Secured Loan WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000
DEBT TODAY = £6,000 (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)0 -
Keep plodding.
You are doing so wellI am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0
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